Removable and adjustable wagon side.



W. H. JANVRIN. REMOVABLE AND ADJUSTABLE WAGON SIDE.

APPLICATION FILED DEU- 8. 1910.

Patented Jun 27, 1911.

wumoz l'mllllrmmw WILLIAM H. JANVRIN, OLE WARRENSBURG, ILLINOIS.

REMOVABLE AND ADJUSTABLE WAGON SIDE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 27, 1911.

Application filed December 8, 1910. Serial No. 596,322.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. J ANVRIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Warrensburg, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Removable andAdjustable Wagon Sides, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates generally to wagon side boards, specificallycomprehending primarily a removable, supplementary and adjustable sideboard adapted to be conveniently employed in connection with the fixedside board of usual construction of any ordinary wagon in order toincrease the holding capacity of the latter.

The salient features of the invention reside in a side board comprisingsections maintained in hinged relation to each other, means to maintainsaid sections against hinge operation, and means to readily positionsaid side board in stable cooperation with the fixed side board and toremove it therefrom.

One object of the invention is the provision of a side board, designedto increase the holding capacity of the wagon, which is adapted to beoperatively seated on the fixed board without any change or modificationof the latter whatever.

Another object is to provide a side board which, in its supplementaryfunction is designed to provide several different heights to either orboth sides of the wagon as desired.

Another object is the provision of a wagon side board adapted, whenoccasion demands, to be adjusted to provide a shelf for the support of abasket or the like to facilitate the loading or unloading of producefrom the wagon while at the same time furnishing additional height tothe wagon side.

With the above as the primary objects, the invention will now bedescribed in the following specification, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, and then more particularly pointed out in theclaim.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a side elevation illustrating my improvedside board in operative relation to a wagon. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview illustrating the improved side board detached from a wagon andadjusted for use as a shelf when connected with a wagon, and Fig. 3 is avertical section taken transversely through the improved side board andthe wagon body.

Referring now to the drawings, wherein like characters of referencerefer .to like parts throughout the several views, and wherein isillustrated the details of the preferred form of my improved side board,1 denotes the fixed side board, provided with the usual tie or bracebars 2, of an ordinary wagon, all of common construction. .The improvedside board comprises a normally stationary section 3 and a movable shelfsection 4, the former extending the full length of the wagon proper andthe latter fitting within a cut-out portion 5 of the former and beinghinged, as at 5, thereto to fold or drop outwardly therefrom, as clearlyshown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The downward movement of shelf section4 is limited by means of a plurality of swinging brackets 6, hinged atappropriate points to section 3 and vertically positioned to support theshelf section 4 in approximately horizontal position when the latter isswung or dropped downwardly, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings.Latches 7, of any suitable form and pivotally attached to section 3adjacent the ends of shelf section 4: provide means, when turned toproject over said ends, for maintaining the said section against outwardswinging movement and in stable upright position in vertical alinementwith section 3 to furnish the full height of the supplementary sideboard, inward movement of the shelf section being of course limited bythe abutting adjacent edges of the latter and section 3.

8 denotes a plurality of downwardly-extending stay bars fixedly securedto the outer face of section 3 of the side board adjacent the endsthereof and depending a suitable distance below the lower edges of saidsection, as shown, and so placed laterally of the latter as to insure,when the supplemental side board is operatively positioned, contact ofthe inner edges of said stay bars with the outer edges of the brace bars2 respectively and prevent undesired longitudinal play of the sideboards.

9 and 10 denote respectively stay bars fixedly secured to section 3 ofthe side board on the inner face thereof and depending an appropriatedistance below the same and, in conjunction with bars 8, maintain thesupplemental board securely seated in operative position on the fixedside board, as will be evident, it being also obvious that the bars 8,9, and 10 may be made of any length found appropriate to maintain thesupplemental board in said position.

11 indicates the front and tail-board bars, designed of course to alinewith cooperating bars of similar nature on the fixed side board andreceive and maintain in operative position the said front andtail-boards.

In use, when found expedient to increase the height of the fixed sideboards and in cidentally the holding capacity of the wagon, it is onlynecessary to seat the supplemental side board on the fixed board, saidseating operation being guided by the bars 8, 9, and 10, the latter, asabove-explained, at the conclusion of the seating operation, maintainingthe supplemental side board in stable operative relation to said fixedboard.

While throughout the above description the invention has been set forthin the singular, it will of course be understood that the supplementalboards are in duplicate, one for each side of the wagon, as shown inFig. 3 of the drawings. In loading the vehicle it may sometimes bedesirable to have large holding capacity for the wagon and at the sametime advantageous to have that side of the wagon from which the loadingis taking place lower than the other in order to facilitate the loadingprocess, in which event section 4 of one of the supplemental sides isallowed to swing down to completely-lowered position, while the othersupplemental side board is permitted to remain in extended position,thus furnishing an unbroken increased height of side board to loadagainst while permitting easy access to the wagon body on the loadingside thereof, it being obvious that the hinged sections 3 and 4 may bemade of any height desirable and appropriate for the specialrequirements of the particular work for which the Wagon is being used.Should it be desired to use the section 4 as a shelf, as in unloadingthe contents of the wagon in receptacles, as basket 12, or the like,brackets 6 are swung outwardly to operative position and section 4;allowed to drop to contact therewith, as illustrated in Fig. 3, where itwill be efficiently supported and furnish a rest for said receptacle.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a supplementaland adjustable wagon side board which is adapted to be readily placed inand removed from operative position on the fixed side board on anyordinary wagon, which will furnish the desired increased holdingcapacity of the wagon, and at the same time present, if desired, oneside adapted to permit easy loading access without materially detractingfrom said increased holding capacity, and which also can be adjusted tofurnish a supporting shelf for receptacles in unloading.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

A removable supplementary wagon side comprising a normally stationarysection, a section movably connected thereto and fitting within acut-out portion thereof, a plurality of brackets adapted for swingingmovement longitudinally of the wagon side and connected solely to thestationary section to maintain the movable section in angular relationthereto.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. J ANVRIN.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR B. WVARD, E. S. EDMoNDs.

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